The Dark Half: Audiobook
As an audiobook, The Dark Half runs an estimated 14 hours (about 9.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrumentWhen will you finish it?
Based on 14 hours of listening (estimated).
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 28 days |
| 1 hour / day | 14 days |
| 2 hours / day | 7 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 10 days |
You'll finish in–by –
What our data says
- At 14 hours (estimated), it runs longer than 90% of the horror audiobooks we measured.
- That's 71% longer than the average horror audiobook (8.2 hrs across 217 titles in our dataset).
Computed from horror audiobooks in The Books Insider dataset (build ); listening time estimated from page count. Methodology.
Who is this for?
Best for horror listeners: a solid week of commutes at 14 hours (estimated).
About the book
“A chiller” ( The New York Times Book Review ) and #1 New York Times bestseller horror about a writer’s horrific and haunting pseudonym that destroys everyone on the path, leading to the man who created him— in this psychological horror novel by Stephen King . After thirteen years of international bestseller stardom with his works of violent crime fiction, George Stark is officially declared dead, revealed by a national magazine to have been killed at the hands of the man who created him: the once well-regarded but now obscure writer Thad Beaumont. Thad’s even gone so far as to stage a mock burial of his wildly successful pseudonym, complete with tombstone and the epitaph “Not a Very Nice Guy.” Although on the surface, it seems that Thad can finally concentrate on his own novels, there’s a certain unease at the prospect of leaving his alter ego behind.
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Start the free trialQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Dark Half as an audiobook?
The Dark Half runs about 14 hours, our estimate from its 474 pages at a typical narration pace. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9.3 hours.
Can I listen to The Dark Half free?
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Is The Dark Half worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9.3 hours, saving 4.7 hours. Most listeners adjust to 1.25–1.5× within a chapter or two.
When was The Dark Half first published?
The Dark Half by Stephen King was first published in 1989.
